Most-wanted fugitive hangs self in Sullivan jail

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May 31, 2011 at 2:00 AM

Victor Whitman

MONTICELLO — A fugitive on Massachusetts’ most-wanted list for a string of armed robberies hanged himself Sunday in the Sullivan County Jail. Kerry Castello, 45, was found hanging by a bedsheet in a cell by a deputy at 1:36 p.m., according to a report. He was pronounced dead at Catskill Regional Medical Center in Harris. Castello was captured by state and federal officers at a relative’s house in White Sulphur Springs on May 19.

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